Bottle shops near Fort Lewis

the best bottle shop closest to ft. lewis is 99 bottles in federal way, in Tacoma a new bottle shop recently opened called Pint Defiance (I have not been or heard any reviews yet), tacoma also has Tacoma Pipe & Tobacco & World Beers, Tacoma Boys, you could try going to Beverages and More or Whole Foods usually has a good beer selection. You might have to do more searching for hidden gem beer stores around pierce county. Olympia has a good beer store called Gravity Market, but I live in seattle so I never really buy beer in tacoma or oly but there are lots of good places...
You will mostly find west coast and CO beers with some belgian/european beers sprinkled in, too many to list really. 99 bottles has a list online of what they have in stock

 

It really does depend upon where you'll be living if you are getting housing off base. If you choose to live in Lacey (as many do) then Gravity Market is your place. If you live in Tacoma or Puyallup or thereabouts, Pint Defiance is your place.

 

I work on JBLM. On base they have a small "bottleshop" in the "Mini Mall" of about 150+ bottles. Last year I grabbed some Anchor Christmas Magnums, Abyss, Double Bastards, Old Foghorn, Ruination and a plethora of local stuff out of there. Additionally, the closest thing you will come to bigger bottleshop will be in way of Gravity beer Market in Oly or Pint Defiance, Tacoma Boys in Tacoma or a little further North of Tacoma is 99 Bottles. Outside the gate and across the I-5 at DuPont the Farrellis Pizza has a decent draft list with locals and other PNW stuff. If you need more details let me know.

 

I have tried some of the beers from that Ft. Lewis bottle shop that a friend got and it seems like they get beers that are old or close to expiring, all the beers I tried from there tasted weird IMO, but check it out I am sure there some good things.

 

There is a city bus that runs off base for barracks rats, but then again why would you wanna leave when that new single soldier rec center that delivers beer to you while you play video games or watch movies. I think you'll like it here (aside from playing army), so long as you get out and seek out people. I'm leaving for Arkansas in two months, but if you are here before I leave hit me up.

 

He is correct. you have to keep an eye on the freshness dates coming out of there. I saw some of the pre-filled Dead Guy growlers hanging out in direct light for quite some time.
It's not the best shop for sure but its good for a decent quick fix.

 

I have not seen any over there this year but last year they received one case. They have a nice little Belgian selection as well.

You can pretty much find:
DFH 90min, Tweason, India Brown and Palo plus others
Stone Ruination, IPA, Arrogant B, Sublimely and other seasonals

Your mostly going to find run of the mill Hale's, Rogue, Elysian, Deschutes, Anchor and so on.
Bombers and sixers. I have not seen anything exciting around there in a while but from past I know they can surprise you from time to time.

 

Yep, mostly not a problem, and Peeland is just a short jaunt down I5

 

I leave Brussels on Sunday and sign in to Fort Lewis on the 12th. Once my family and I get settled maybe we can hang out. I brought back almost 250 belgian beers with me.

 

I second Gravity in Olympia. I stay in Lacey and that's my go to joint. Honestly, the Class 6 at Lewis isn't totally horrible, they have a small but inspired Import/Craft room and I've had good luck with them so far.

Also... I'm a big Rogue fan, the Rogue Tasting House in Astoria is only a 2 hour drive if you need an excuse to see some Oregon coastline.

 

Gravity was mentioned in post #2, #4, and #6....